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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never gone out of my way to listen to him but I watched him on a couple of YouTube videos and he seems smart but also just pretends that his opinions are facts.  He does indeed speak very fast.  I've never seen a single one of those videos where he doesn't mention religion or that he's Jewish.  It's ridiculous.  He seems to believe that gives him some sort of moral authority.  I saw one video where he claimed he was fine with gay people but didn't think marriage was something they should get because it's a religious function.  Evidently he speaks for all religions everywhere.[/quote]

Well... I don't know if Ben is claiming that he personally is some sort of moral authority, but it's at least a debatable point that religions do in fact serve as a moral authority. While Ben does mention his religion, he almost use it as the basis for an argument - unless he is specifically talking about the founding principles of the US, and governing politics since then, which is historically accurate to say was heavily influenced by Judeo-Christian values. Even then, he merely states this as an observation rather than an argument that because these are Judeo-Christian values, therefore they are correct. It is also factually true that the US has two separate treatments of marriage: a religous/cultural ceremony, plus a legal civil union. If I understand Ben's position correctly, he supports government-recognized civil union for anyone, but leave religions alone and to their own decisions on whether or not they want to recognize certain types of marriages. Therefore Ben's position on religion and marriage is exactly opposite of what you are understanding - he does not want anyone to speak for all religions, not the government, and certainly not himself. [/quote]

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